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Fairhaven Firefighters Conduct Rescue Training Inside Wind Turbine
Fairhaven Firefighters Conduct Rescue Training Inside Wind Turbine
Fairhaven Firefighters Conduct Rescue Training Inside Wind Turbine
Fairhaven Firefighters conducted a training session on Friday inside one of the town's two wind turbines.  Public Information Officer Wayne Oliveira says firefighters climbed the 280 foot ladder inside the turbine to the generator room at the tip of the tower, learning how to evacuate workers should one become injured on the job...
Noise Violation
Noise Violation
Noise Violation
According to preliminary results of a sound study conducted by the State Department of Environmental Protection, Fairhaven's two industrial-sized wind turbines are in violation of Massachusetts noise regulations.
Fairhaven Debates Wind Turbine By-Law Changes
Fairhaven Debates Wind Turbine By-Law Changes
Fairhaven Debates Wind Turbine By-Law Changes
Fairhaven residents testified for nearly two hours Tuesday at a Planning Board hearing on amending the town's wind turbine by-law. The amendments would put greater limits on power output and height of new turbines, and increase the minimum distance between turbines and homes...
Turbine Debate Rages On
Turbine Debate Rages On
Turbine Debate Rages On
Fed-up residents in Fairhaven took their case to the Board of Health Monday, trying again to get the town's wind turbines shut down. The Board heard comment on a proposed wind turbine by-law, before being shut down by Fire Chief Tim Francis, for exceeding the meeting room's approved capacity...

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